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Adding DNA to the Genealogist's ToolboxTue, 31 Mar 2015 20:12:41 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1By: Genea-Musings: My Lonely Y-DNA Strandhttp://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/07/03/a-lonely-surname/#comment-430
Sat, 25 Aug 2007 21:30:54 +0000http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/07/03/a-lonely-surname/#comment-430[…] Blaine Bettinger at The Genetic Genealogist blog bemoaned the fate of his family Y-DNA line in The Lonely Surname post the other day – there are only 6 male line descendants from a 1793 ancestor.That got to me to […]
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Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:29:26 +0000http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/07/03/a-lonely-surname/#comment-327[…] The Genetic Genealogist – Â» A Lonely Surname My particular Y-DNA has an interesting story … had two boys â€“ one who passed on Y-DNA to the present, and one that has not. In my grandfatherâ€™s … testing tests than time tree university used using were y … http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/07/03/a-lonely-surname/ […]
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Sun, 08 Jul 2007 09:01:19 +0000http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/07/03/a-lonely-surname/#comment-246[…] this week I posted about my rare surname and the genetic bottleneck my particular branch of the family tree is […]
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Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:34:57 +0000http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/07/03/a-lonely-surname/#comment-228Blaine said:
“You would think that after 193 years there should be hundreds of us, but thatâ€™s not how genealogy or genetics works.”

I was shocked when I realized that my brothers are at the end state of our yDNA.
Lorenzo P. (our gr-grandfather)from Italy had three sons. Two “daughtered out.” Our grandfather Agostino had two sons. One son had a son, the other son had two sons. None of those sons have had children. One had died, and the others are no longer married, and not likely to do so again. That is the end of Lorenzo’s line in the US. Perhaps he had brothers in Italy that we have yet to find, and the yDNA line continues.

We are at the end of our mtDNA too. The oldest gr gr gr grandmother from Switzerland passed her DNA down to me through her daughters. My grandmother’s sisters either had no daughters, or they did not marry. My grandmother had two daughters, my mother and her sister.(My aunt.) They each had one daughter. My Aunt’s daughter had two daughters and my mother had me. My Aunt’s granddaughters had only sons, or died before having children. I have a daughter who is at the end of her childbearing years, and is not likely to conceive due to a medical condition.

So why have we had our DNA tested? Curiosity, desire to add to the genetic knowledge, and it is one way of leaving a trace of our family behind.

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Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/07/03/a-lonely-surname/#comment-269at their surnames and will now share them with you. This was a very popular topic and there were lots of articles submitted. So pour yourself a tall glass of iced tea, put on some smooth jazz, and enjoy the ride! Blaine Bettinger starts us off with A Lonely Surname posted at The Genetic Genealogist. Blaine always writes the most interesting articles, giving a scientific slant to genealogy. Here he tells a tale of his lonely surname and his diminishing family Y-DNA. Thanks for sharing, Blaine! Great food for
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